The Brookhaven leader., 1887-04-21
.TALMAGE'S SERMON.
An Easter Discourse on the "Over-
throw OF the Monster
The significance Of Easter sunday-Rvi.
dences OF Final ResurrectIon-
Victory over Death-Reunioa
OF Body and Soul

Lyn Tabernacle "FEe Overthrow Of tn,
Monster" takIDS for his text:
He viii sTsaow up death in victory. --Isaial
XIV, g.
About 1853 Easter mornings have wax
ened the earth. In Franco for three cent
uries the almanacs made the year begiT
at Easter, until Charles TX made the yea
begin at January l. In the Tower OF Lon
don there is a royal payroll OF Edward l..
on which there is an entry of eighteen
pence Tor four hundred co'orcd and pict
ured Easter eggs, with which the people
sported. In Russia slaves were fed and
aims were distributed on Easter
Ecclesiastical councils mot at Pontus
Mt Gaul, at Rome, at Achala, TO decide the
particular day, and after controversy,
more animated than gracious, decided II,
and now through all Christcudon, in some
way, the first Sunday after the full moon
which happens upon or next after March
n - filed with Easter rejoicing.
The Royal Court of the Sabbaths ID
made up of fifty-twc. Fiftv-ogn are
Princes in tho royal household, 5ut East.
er is Queen She wears . richer dIadem
and sways more isyvSIed scepter, and in
her smile nations are irradiated Cnusu.
ally welcome this year. betauso of the
harsh wi1ter and the late spring, she
seems 20 step cut OF the snow-6 bank rath-
or than the conservatory, come out Of the
North rather than the South, out Of the
Arctic, rather than t!c tropics, dismount-
ing from an icy equinox. bat welcome this
queenly day, holding high up In her
right hand the wrenched-off Dol. OF
Christs sepulcher. aud holding high up
IN her left hand the key 10 all the come
teries in Christendnal.
1t is an exciting thing 20 see an army
routed and flying. They run each other
down, They scatter every thing valuable
III tae tracR. Uuwhcelod artillery, hooi
OF horse on brea-t OF wounded and dyin =
man. Gou have read of the French fall
ing back from Sedan, or Napoleon's trac k
of 90,0o0 corpses in the snow banks OF
Russia, or OF the retreat OF our own arm
les from Manassas, or of the fvo Kings
tumbling over the rocks of Bethoran with
their armies, while the hail-storms of
heaven and the swords OF Joshaa's host
strH1k them with their fyre.
In my text is wprse discontinue. II
seems that 1lacx giant proposed to CON
quer the, eaSti. He gathered for his hest
all the aeaes and pains and malar!as and
cancers and distempers and epiGemics Of
ID ages. He marched them down, drill
ing them in the northeast wind and amid
the slush of tcmpests. lie threw NJ barr
cades OF grave mounds. H. pitched tent
Of charrcl house Some of the troops
marched with slew tread commanded. by
ConsUmpticns, some in doub quick, com
inandet by pneumoIias. Some he took by
long besiegcment Of evil habit, and some
b. enc stroke Of the battle axe Of casual
y. With bony hand he pounded at tho
door Of hosrlja's aaa sick-rolms. cud
won al the victories in all the great bat
tlcfclds OF all the FIVE Continents. For
ward, march, the .'SGqneror OF conquerors,
and all the SS1cra!s and commanders m
chief, and al presidents and Kings and
sultanS end ears drop under tbs feet Of
his var charger.
Sut ono ChiistIras night his anita gonist
was born. As mos' Of the plaques and
sic2nesses and iespotisns come out of
ne last # was appropriate that the
new conqueror should come ont Of the
same qQarter Power - given
him 70 awaken a! the fallen of
al. the centuries and OF all lands. and
marshal them against the BLACK giant
Fields have already been won, but the last
day Of the worlds existence Will see the
decisive battle. When Christ shall lead
forth his two 0rigades, the brigade Of the
risen dead, and the brigade of she celestial
host, the black giant will fall back, an
the brigade from the riven sepulchres
will take him from beasAr and the
brigade of descending minerals will take
him from above, and death shall be slgal-
lowed up in victory.
The Cid braggart that threatened tle
conquest and demolition OF tie planet has
lost his throne, haa los, his sceptem has
lost his palace, has lost his prestige, and
The one word written over all the gates of
maueoleuJn and catacomb and Metropolis ;
ON cenotaph and sarcophagus, on the
lonely khan OF the Arctic explorer and on
the catafalqueof great cathedral; written
in capitals Of azllea and Gala lily, written
in musical cddence, written in dOxology
Of great assemblages; written on the
sculptured door of the family vault, is
''victory,t Coronal word, cmbannered
word, RpocaIypIic word, chief word of the
trIH1nphal arch under which conquerors
return.
Victory Il " ord shout ID at Culole and
Balaklava and Blenheim, at 1Iagiddo and
Solferino a3MarathoH, where the Athe-
mans drove back the Modes; at Poicticrs.
where Charles Martel br O1lt the ranks Of
the Saracens; ~ SalamiS. where Themis-
tocles in the great sea-fight COMPOUNDED
the Persians, and at the door Of the
Eastern cavern of chiseled rock, where
Christ came out through recess and
throttled the King OF Tclr0rs, and put hi III
back in the niche from which the Celestial
ConQueror had just emerged Aha! when
She jaws of the Eastern InausQleum took
down the black giant, "a 'IGh was swat
lowed up in victory" 1 proclaim the
abolition Of death.
The old antagonist is driven btc5 into
mythology with all the lore about Sly gan
ferry and CharOn with oar and boat. Mel.
rose Abbey and Keuilworth Castle are no
more in ruins than is the sepulchre, We
shall have no more TO do with death than
we have with the cloak-room at Il GOvcr.
nor's or Presidents levee. We stop at
such cloak-roOm and leave IN charge of q
servant our overcoat our OvershOes, our
outward apparel, that we may not be inn
peded in the brilliant round of the draw
ing-room
Well, my friends, when we 90 out oil
this world we are going 10 q kings ban
quet and TO q reception of moAarchs, and
at the door of The tomb we leave the CLOAK
Of flesh and the wrappings with which VT
meet the storms Of this world. At the
close OF an earthly reception, under The
brush and broom Of the porter the coat oil
hat may be handed to us better than Wher
we resigned it, and the cloak Of humanity
will finally be returned to us improved
and frightened and purified and glerified
You and / do not want our bodies re-
turned as they are now. We want to gel
rid Of all their weaknesses and their sus
capabilities TO fatigue, and ali their slow
ness Of locomotion. They Will be pu'
thrnuph 81 chemistry nf soil and baat a rI